The Lord Of The Mysteries

The Chapter 399

The Berg household in Silver City.

Looking at the bloodied scalp, Derrick suddenly recalled what it had been like before. It was a beautiful and alluring "mushroom", which she could barely control to swallow.

The Doom fruit, which Darc shares with it and produces a crisp, crunchy sound when bitten, is actually a piece of a bleeding human finger with a somewhat pale complexion!

At that moment, Derrick had a violent seizure in his stomach before a burst of acid surged into his throat.

Resisting the urge to vomit, he quickly made a line of lyrics, “God, please lower your kingdom to this land. Your enemies will disperse, and your followers will enjoy the excitement!”

There was a touch of warmth and purity in the song, and Derrick felt all the discomfort in his body weaken. His spirituality also became full and lively.

His courage, strength, and agility were all greatly enhanced by this song.

It was the Beyonder power of Sequence 9 Bard.

Darc stared at the former classmate and his teammate singing with an increasingly dark expression. The way he spoke became increasingly inhumane.

“What things are on your body…

“What is it on your body?

"What is that thing on your body!"

Suddenly, Darc's clothes stretched across the trumpet strip, as if a lair of venomous snakes were creeping under them.

Whooshing sound! The bloody piece of flesh pierced through the black tight-fitting clothing, and its surface had a rough complexion covered in hair.

The flesh strands began to scatter out, causing Darc to look like a hairy, bloody hedgehog!

With a swoosh, strands of meat surged towards Derrick, who was still standing at his original location.

Derrick was a member of the patrol squad who had seen quite a number of monsters, so he was not too confused by this situation.

He twisted his waist, raised his arms, and swung the Storm Axe he already held in his hand.

Ow hell!

The Storm Axe slashed down several strands of bloody meat, instantly splitting them in half and causing them to fall to the ground.

However, since it was "night" in the Silver City, this attack did not cause any lightning. Even more bloody pieces of meat started surging forward, wrapping themselves around the Storm Axe repeatedly as they relentlessly clung to it.

Seeing that his weapon was irrevocable, a pure light suddenly lit up in Derrick's eyes. It was as if two small suns had descended into the room, and his other hand was holding something near his mouth and nose as if he was praying.

Without a sound, a pillar of fiery pure light descended from the sky, smashing into the bloody flesh that rolled into a ball.

Darc screamed uncontrollably, and many pieces of bloody meat fell to the ground, charred black.

They squirm, struggling as if they were alive.

The spirituality contained within this bloody piece of flesh was no longer under the control of its original owner, and gradually, they merged with the natural power emanating from the ritual sacrificial mantra, which was the ultimate one, forming an increasingly bright pink “wave”.

“This wave” surges into a dim yellow candle flame, causing the light to suddenly expand, forming an illusionary and mysterious door.

Derrick has long drawn the secret symbol of The Fool on a candle!

This was all prepared in advance.

All of this was a simple yet complete sacrificial ceremony!

Kacha!

As the chair shattered, Darc lunged at Derrick while banging the bloody piece of meat. There was no fear or tension in his eyes, only the purest and most powerful desire.

At this moment, Klein, who was above the fog, responded.

With a creaking sound, the illusionary door that had many strange patterns on it opened a small crack.

Behind the gap was a deep darkness where countless transparent and indescribable shadows were located.

Far above this shadow were seven pure lights of different colors that contained endless knowledge.

Above the brilliance was an endless grayish-white mist, and above it was an ancient palace overlooking the gray mist.

Suddenly, a shadow leaped out from a dark corner, covering the Darc closest to him.

Darc's drooping bloody pieces of flesh were all wrapped by a pitch-black viscous liquid as he appeared to turn into a cat that had entered the opaque bag.

As an observer, the original plan was to watch from the sidelines and record anomalies accordingly. He would only take action to stop the two strange parties when the situation became uncontrollable.

But when he saw an illusionary door covered with strange symbols open with a crack, he felt intimidated by the deep, mysterious, distant, and majestic scenery within. He instinctively believed that this was related to a terrifying evil god, so he could only take hasty actions, instead, giving orders in an attempt to forcibly interfere with Derrick's attempts to make sacrifices to the creature.

However, Derrick has chosen his location as far away from the shadows as possible; therefore, to stop the boy who is possessed by the mysterious Amon, “shadow” watcher must pass or defeat Derrick Regence first.

However, his choice was the last. Due to obvious abnormalities with Darc. Leaving his back to this creature was a truly foolish move.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Derrick took out an iron box from his hidden pocket and threw it at the illusionary door conjured by the candle flame, towards the crack that presented a magical scene.

As the iron box disappeared, the door, which was covered with strange symbols and characteristics, closed with “dentang”, before disappearing quickly.

At this moment, Derrick remembered Mr.'s words. Hanged Man, and he deliberately bent his facial muscles and ruthlessly moved towards the "shadow."

Before the "shadow" enveloped him, he suddenly coughed loudly and covered his mouth with his hand before falling to the ground.

A pitch-black shadow emanated and completely covered himself.

The room was back in silence, but now there were two large black “pompong” on the ground.

After a while, the pitch-black viscous liquid withdrew and formed back into a shadow.

With a "cocoon", the silhouettes of Derrick and Darc appear once again.

The first one lay unconscious, but a strange little worm with twelve transparent rings fell from his hands. The latter had already turned into a lump of flesh, wriggling and roaring as it prepared to attack.

Facing this situation, the observer had no choice but to set aside a portion of his strength and once again wrap it, using his shadow-like black "fluid" to envelop the Darc Regence, which had turned into a monster.

Glancing at the scattered pale fingers and bleeding scalp with short black hair, the observer could not help but take a deep breath. Using his Beyonder power to control the shadow outside, he created a tidal wave to notify the Chief inside the tower.

Only after doing this did he carefully examine Derrick's situation and see a strange, translucent worm.

"This... the avatar that Amon hid in Derrick's body is dead?" the observer was shocked.

As he recalls Darc's strangeness, terrible mutations, and "mushrooms" and "doom fruit," he begins to have a rough idea of what has happened.

Maybe Amon is the arch-enemy behind Darc's corruption. In order to thwart the other party's tactics, Amon willingly sacrificed his avatar. Derrick's visit to the training ground to observe the exploration team and his report to the Chairman is Amon's attempt to get rid of his enemy without showing himself.

The mastermind behind Darc's corruption has realized Derrick's strangeness, so he sends Darc to control him. A bleeding scalp and fingers are props to achieve its goal.

As he thought about this, the monitor suddenly agreed with the Chairman's concern the — apocalypse or a greater disaster would befall Silver City. That was why the Silver City repeatedly faced so many strange occurrences and mysterious existences lurking deep in the darkness.

…

Inside Chief's room at the top of the tower.

"The "shadows" told me everything that had happened.

The gray-headed Colin Iliad and with a scar on his face nodded gently after hearing the recount.

“Derrick or should I say, Amon, have really prepared in advance.

“The candle with the symbol engraved on it, the evil object that can uncover the problem of Darc, and the reason Derrick poured water to whisper prayers, is, as well as finally sending the object in the sacrifice of this ritual—all of this shows that the whole situation developed according to his plan.

"Two questions. One, who is meant by the symbol hidden in the candle? Amon himself or the god behind him? Two, why would Amon be willing to expose the abnormality of the exploration team at the expense of his avatar? Is it because he's a mortal enemy with a mastermind? Then, why did he stay in the Silver City for forty-two years?

“Could he have foreseen this problem before, which is why he specifically met with the exploration team from forty-two years ago and planted his avatar in it to thwart the mastermind's plan? He waited forty-two years for that one moment?”

After hearing the Chairman's question, the observer of “shadow” suddenly said in enlightenment, “Maybe it is!

“Your Majesty, think about it. Why did Amon patiently wait for forty-two years before making Uddel lose control when Derrick was imprisoned beside him? It was because the prophesied time was drawing near, and he desperately needed to turn to a free man he could hook up with to thwart the mastermind's plans!

“Indeed... We only thought about what was different with Derrick, and we didn't pay attention to his time,” replied Colin Silver City Head while thinking.

The "shadow" observer immediately said, "Your Majesty, please lock down all members of the exploration team immediately. They must be in trouble! Also.. elder Lovia, she has a small possibility to also be tampered with!”

Colin frowned and said, “Before you reported this matter to me, and even before Darc came out, Lovia came to me and told me that she suspected that the members of the exploration team had been contaminated by something. He recommends that we secretly monitor them and if necessary, have them guard the overturned tomb of elder Hawick.”

Hawick was the former Chief of the Silver City, and he had built a tomb for himself. After that, he stayed in that mausoleum, and his appearance slowly began to diminish. Finally, the door was closed, it was impossible to open again.

"old Elder Lovia has long mentioned about the abnormality?" the "shadow" observer asked in surprise.

After receiving a positive answer, he muttered to himself, half doubtful and half relaxed, “Good that Elder Lovia has no problem.”.

“... I've sent people to lock up exploration team members, but we can't ignore other possibilities.” Chief Colin sighed. Let Aiflor come to me. I'll interrogate Derrick Berg with him.”